Subject: Editor's Picks: A Russian MiG plays chicken with an F-16; and Obama's pick for the Pentagon is Ash Carter
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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 19:31:23 -0500 (EST)

FOREIGN POLICY'S TOP 5 READS
Tuesday, December 02

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#1 
HAGEL’S HEIR: As Obama’s likely pick for defense secretary, Ash Carter will have his work cut out for him at home and abroad, FP’s Gopal Ratnam, Yochi Dreazen, and John Hudson report: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c721jyx.4gwk/VH5NMsPo-rO9Fi53A9371
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<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c721jyx.4gwk/VH5NMsPo-rO9Fi53A9371
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#2
'WHAT THE HELL?!': A Russian MiG-31 gave a Norwegian pilot a scare when it passed right in front of his F-16. Check out the video: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c721jyx.4gwk/VH5NMsPo-rO9Fi54A496b target=_'blank' style='font-family:Arian,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c721jyx.4gwk/VH5NMsPo-rO9Fi5zAb12d>

#3
PUTIN PULLS THE PLUG: Moscow’s plans for energy hegemony aren’t going so well. Faced with EU resistance, Putin is now scrapping an ambitious gas pipeline project: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c721jyx.4gwk/VH5NMsPo-rO9Fi55Aa4f4 target=_'blank' style='font-family:Arian,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px'>Read more</a>: 
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c721jyx.4gwk/VH5NMsPo-rO9Fi50A3d9d>

#4
SEXIST SPOOKS: Why Hollywood stereotypes of women in defense careers are keeping good female candidates out of roles where they’re badly needed: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c721jyx.4gwk/VH5NMsPo-rO9Fi56Ae08e target=_'blank' style='font-family:Arian,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c721jyx.4gwk/VH5NMsPo-rO9Fi51Ae126>

#5
AQUITTED IN QATAR: It’s been nearly two years since Qatar detained Grace and Matthew Huang on charges of murdering their adopted daughter. Now they’re finally going home: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c721jyx.4gwk/VH5NMsPo-rO9Fi57Acc2a target=_'blank' style='font-family:Arian,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c721jyx.4gwk/VH5NMsPo-rO9Fi52A79be>

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